‘Go Into the World’
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Sunday, May 24, 2009
“And he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”
—Mark 16:15-16
Help us to hear Your call, Lord. Help us to answer Your call today.
‘Love One Another’
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Sunday, May 17, 2009
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
—John 15:10-12
When we are tempted, Lord, help us to choose LOVE.
Let Him Tell You
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
A few nights ago, my two-year-old added a new activity to her bedtime routine. We read books and sang songs, and then she snuggled under her covers with her stuffed bear and said, “Mama, let’s talk about how much you love me.”
I try to keep the bedtime routine streamlined, but what mother could say no to that request?
So I sat with her for a few more minutes and we talked about how Daddy loves her... READ MORE
Put Your Trust in Jesus
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Sunday, April 19, 2009
Yesterday Lisa shared a great post and podcast for Divine Mercy Sunday. If you would like to download a copy of the beautiful version of the Divine Mercy chaplet sung in the video Lisa shared, you can do that here.
You can learn still more about the history and practice of devotion to the Divine Mercy at TheDivineMercy.org and at DivineMercySunday.com.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world!
‘Zeal for Thy House Will Consume Me’
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Sunday, March 15, 2009
And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
—John 2:15
Give us zeal, O lord. Give us righteous anger. Give us moral courage.
Christianity Is Not For Wimps
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Friday, February 27, 2009
Do you think perhaps God is trying to tell me something?
Here are some stirring quotations that caught my eye in my Google Reader this week. Do you sense a theme?
The first comes from an address Archbishop Chaput gave in Toronto on Monday about the Catholic political vocation. I commend the whole speech to you, but for purposes of this post I’m only going to cite an excerpt he read from a George... READ MORE
So Natural
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, February 16, 2009
Yesterday at Mass, one of the boys started to sit back during the consecration.
“You need to kneel,” I whispered to my son.
“It’s just that I’m so, so tired,” he whimpered.
“Jesus was so, so tired when he carried that cross for you,” I said.
To be honest, I didn’t finish the whole sentence because I was caught off guard by how naturally the words flowed from my mouth. Did I really just think that, I marvelled. Where do I get this stuff?
Forming their conscience, or Catholic Mother’s Guilt—call it what you will. Either way, I think it’s a gift God gives us at the baptism of our first born child.
Enjoy, my fellow Catholic moms—and keep up the good work!
Behold the lamb of God!
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Sunday, January 18, 2009
The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples; and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
—John 1:35-37
Lord, help us to see You, know You, and follow You. Show us how to lead others to You.
Beautiful Thought for Today
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, January 08, 2009
Only after discovering Jesus do we realize “this is what I was waiting for”.
—Pope Benedict XVI address to young people of Genoa, via Amy
The Big Picture of Christmas
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Several years ago, Amy Welborn wrote a beautiful piece for The National Review Online about “the dark side of Christmas.” Every year, I end up reflecting on that article, reminded of it perhaps in a moment of stress or pre-Christmas fatigue, or possibly by a nudge of the Holy Spirit. Do go read it. It’s wonderful.
Here’s the money shot:
Glad tidings of comfort and joy, and Merry Christmas indeed. But without awareness of the risk of discipleship, and the reality that the baby in the manger ends up hanging on a cross, those words have about as little power to change the world as “Happy Holidays.”
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